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Harare's big Christmas lights event got memed hard when the mayor's ride conked out. Mayor Jacob Mafume was supposed to arrive in a vintage Rolls-Royce for the festive ceremony at Africa Unity Square. The city's social media team had been hyping it for hours, posting pics with the car and...

The court stalled the bail hearing for Sydney Halupe again because the state's prosecutor didn't show up. Halupe, a 33-year-old businessman and independent political candidate from Swakopmund, Namibia, remains locked up on a rape charge. The case involves a reported assault on a 20-year-old...

Old Mutual Namibia has named a new managing director for its retail division. Ingah Ekandjo will lead the company's mass market business starting in early January. The chief executive officer, Tassius Chigariro, cited Ekandjo's experience and strategic vision as reasons for her selection. He...

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has added six more people to her special advisory groups. She announced the new appointments on Tuesday. These members will join the existing teams formed earlier in the month. The new appointees will be split across three separate task forces. Two will join the...

An Okahandja man accused in a major cannabis case has been granted bail by the High Court. Johannes Kamati, aged sixty-one, was released on a fifty-thousand-dollar bond after appealing a lower court's denial. He faces charges for dealing nearly fifty-eight kilograms of marijuana, worth close to...

The Swapo party has forced the chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council to step down. Jesaya Hanghuwo was ordered to resign by the party's secretary general, Sophia Shaningwa, after local councillors elected him against the party's chosen nominee. A directive stated Hanghuwo must vacate the...

The Rupara Health Centre in Kavango West has no full-time doctor. A nurse in charge, Chrispinus Kanyengo, says the facility depends on visiting doctors who come just once a week, usually on Wednesdays. He states these doctors arrive exhausted from other clinics, which hurts the quality of care...

Companies at a place called China Town in Windhoek are making fake brand-name goods right there in Namibia. Officials from the Namibia Revenue Agency say these businesses bring in blank, unbranded products and then illegally put logos like Nike or Adidas on them locally. This is because customs...

Police in the Erongo region busted two separate cannabis operations on Tuesday. They arrested a forty-eight year old man at a farm near Usakos, seizing nearly six kilograms of fresh plants. Later that day in Swakopmund, officers arrested a twenty-nine-year-old man, described as a known dealer...

Namibia's special visa for business conferences and events has brought in over one point five million Namibian dollars since June. The Namibia Convention Bureau manager, Esther Ndilula, said nearly a thousand of these visas have been issued for international delegates. She spoke at the bureau's...

The University of Namibia says many students will need to pay a registration fee next year. Unam spokesperson Simon Namesho confirmed the cost will be six thousand nine hundred and seventy-five Namibian dollars for those not covered by the government's free higher education plan. This includes...

The widow of musician Tatenda Pinjisi says she is dealing with unwanted advances from men pretending to help her. Mellisa Chikuti stated that these individuals, often between thirty and forty years old, offer support only to propose a romantic relationship quickly. She emphasized she is still...

A moderate quake hit nearby Mozambique early Wednesday, shaking areas across the border in Zimbabwe. The Meteorological Services Department confirmed the tremor measured 4.2 on the local scale. Its epicenter was in Mozambique, but residents in Nyanga, Makoni, and Macheke felt the vibrations...

The ZANU-PF party in Manicaland is starting construction on a big new office building in Mutasa District. The two-story structure is valued at six hundred thousand dollars. They are also handing out a special fund, giving twenty-five thousand dollars to each of three local constituencies. A...

Zimbabwe's president is throwing full support behind Cosmas Zavazava, a Zimbabwean official seeking re-election at a major UN telecom agency. Zavazava, who holds a director role at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, met with the president at State House in Harare. The country's...

President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa used emergency powers to stop local authorities from seizing property owned by the Zvataida Rural District Council in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe. A recent High Court order had allowed creditors to take council assets like tractors, vehicles, and generators to...

The Competition and Tariff Commission gave a bunch of groceries to the Angel of Hope Foundation. That foundation is run by Zimbabwe's First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa. The CTC chairman, Demetri Jimmy Psillos, handed over the donation at her offices, praising her work with vulnerable groups...

FBC Bank and FBC Building Society are merging into one company at the end of next year. The Ministry of Finance just gave the official green light for this move. Both are owned by the parent company, FBC Holdings Limited. The main reason for the merger is to meet stricter banking capital rules...

A top eye doctor, Solomon Guramatunhu, is trying to get prosecutors to challenge a court ruling after he lost a huge amount of crypto. He wants the National Prosecuting Authority to appeal the acquittal of two people, Lloyd and Melissa Chiyangwa, who were cleared of fraud by a regional...

Zimbabwe's Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, is telling all government branches and health stakeholders to break down their usual barriers and work together. He launched something called the Zimbabwe National One Health Strategic Plan in Harare. The idea is to link human, animal, and environmental...